Red-fronted brown lemur  (Eulemur rufus)

Facts

Previously known as:Eulemur fulvus rufus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Lemuridae
Genus Eulemur (1)
Size Head-body length: 35 – 48 cm (2)
Tail length: 45 – 55 cm (2)
Weight 2.2 – 2.3 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Lower Risk/near threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1), although classified here as a subspecies (Eulemur fulvus rufus) of the brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), which is also listed under Appendix I of CITES (4). Recent scientific thought is that the red-fronted brown lemur should be elevated to species status, as Eulmur rufus (3).